"The United States was deporting her and 13 other West Africans to Ghana, a country none of them called their own. From there, she feared, she would be sent on to neighboring Togo, the home she had fled to avoid genital mutilation."
"A U.S. judge had ruled that the Trump administration could not send her back there. But Ghana was under no such obligation."
"After two weeks last September in detention near Accra, the West Africa nation's capital, armed guards dropped her and five others off at the Togo border, she said."
A 28-year-old woman panicked after learning a U.S. military cargo plane was taking her to Ghana, where she and 13 other West Africans had no home. She feared further transfer to neighboring Togo, the place she fled to avoid genital mutilation. A U.S. judge had ruled the Trump administration could not send her back to Togo, but Ghana was not bound by that ruling. After two weeks of detention near Accra, armed guards dropped her and five others off at the Togo border. She has been in hiding since then.
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